People will say that baseball is different in Latin America in an effort to excuse Kendry’s behavior. We say that baseball is baseball. Teammates, regardless of country or culture, need to know that they can count on each other.

Counting on Morales, however, would now appear about as intelligent as standing behind a pathologicalpunk like Felix Martinez. Kendry quit; it’s that simple. This is the guy in whom the Angels are placing so much trust?

While Kendry Morales aligned with no-name minor leaguers and morons, his Major League caliber teammates (like Nelson Cruz and Alexi Casilla) did the right thing, taking the field with their team.

In good Angel-related news, Erick Aybar was 3-4 with 3 walks, a run scored, and an RBI, while Ervin Santana pitched 5 shutout innings.

In potentially bad Angel-related news, however, Kendry Morales, batting .500 for the series, did not play in the final game. Perhaps things work differently in the DWL, but can you imagine Vladimir Guerrero not playing in the final game of the World Series? It just doesn’t make sense. We’ll keep you posted.

Our coverage has resulted in more traffic than we realized was possible (thanks to everyone who linked to our accounts of game 3).

In yet another strange twist, the DWL apparently rewards teams for breaching rules, etiquette and even common sense.

The league has, apparently, acquiesced to Gigantes del Cibao (though, no, Felix Martinez won’t play), deciding to replay game 3 on Friday (a scheduled off-day originally). Licey prevailed in the game, 2-1, making Thursday’s “debacle” somewhat of a moot point. Still, we can’t help but find the turn of events bizarre. [Update – We stand corrected….the game was, indeed, deemed a forfeit. Our apologies for the bad translation.]

In the seven inning make-up game, Erick Aybar was 0-2 and Kendry Morales 2-3 (a pair of singles). With Licey again leading the series 3-0, today becomes the off-day, with the series resuming tomorrow, the Angels’ Ervin Santana taking the hill for Licey. At this point, we can almost guarantee excitement and drama as the series returns to Quisqueya (home of Licey).

As we depart the country, we wanted to leave you with a way to catch up on this exciting series. We can’t be sure of reliable internet service when we arrive at our destination, so if posts aren’t as plentiful as you expect, please bear with us.

For now, follow the below links to apprise yourself of all the DWL final series developments thus far.